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Salted Caramel Tea Cup Cupcakes

My niece, who lives in Australia, recently shared photos of her visit to a local cafe called The Silva Spoon. More specifically, she posted a photo of a yummy-looking cupcake served in a tea cup...and she assured me that those alone were worth a visit to Australia. Since I don't think I'll be in Australia anytime soon, I just borrowed the concept of serving a special dessert in a tea cup. We had some birthdays to celebrate over here...and had a girls' luncheon. For dessert, we each had our own wee cake served in a family heirloom tea cup.

I used our family favorite apple cake recipe...which made 18 large cupcakes. I made a Caramel Butter Cream frosting (recipe to follow)...and piped it onto the cupcakes with a tip of my choice. Make that my second choice...since I couldn't locate the tip I was after. I drizzled a little caramel sauce on top...and added a sprinkle of sea salt. And those were our Salted Caramel Birthday Cupcakes-in-a-Teacup.

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Caramel Buttercream Frosting

1 cup salted butter, at room temperature

4 cups icing sugar (powdered sugar)

3/4 cup Caramel Sauce, cooled completely (recipe below)

1 tsp vanilla extract

Whip butter on medium-high speed until light and fluffy (several minutes).
Add icing sugar and blend on low speed until combined.
Add caramel sauce and vanilla and beat
until well blended.

Caramel Sauce

1 cup granulated sugar

1/4 cup water

1/4 cup salted butter

2/3 cup heavy cream

In a large heavy-bottomed saucepan, heat sugar and
water over medium heat, whisking constantly to dissolve sugar.

Once mixture reaches a boil, stop stirring and allow mixture to boil
until it turns amber, swirling pan
occasionally.

Add
butter; whisk until butter has melted then remove from
heat.

Wait 3 seconds then carefully pour in cream, whisking until smooth.

Allow caramel to cool completely.

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Use your imagination. Find a cupcake liner that fits nicely into your teacups (likely extra-large). Bake your favorite cupcake; cool, then transfer to a tea cup and decorate as you please. They will want to have dessert first. I know!

That is why, one of the wee birthday cakes seemed to have a piece missing when it came time for dessert!

I live with my husband on a dairy farm in the beautiful Fraser Valley of British Columbia. We enjoy having our grown children and our delightful grands living nearby. I usually have a project or two on the go and the coffee's always on!

Salted Caramel Anything will get my attention! We recently drove 300 miles to a charming bookshop and cafe' because we'd read about the bookshop. The selection of books was great, the drive was scenic, the hosts/owners welcomed us warmly, and the icing on the cake was the breakfast special in the cafe' next morning: Salted Caramel Cheesecake French Toast :) The trip to The Little Bookstore in Big Stone Gap - aka Tales of the Lonesome Pine Bookshop - was worth every calorie!